Eyeshade



Sept. 13, 1955 N. A. LINS''ER EYESHADE Filed May ll, 1955 INVENTOR./V///O 45 4. [/A/5759 A TTORNE Y eyes.

United .States Patent i Nicholas AQListe', Mausfield, Ohio ApplicationMay 11, 1953, Serial No. 353365 "4 Claims. (GL 2--10) This inventionrelates'to aneyesha de that is especially designed for'use 'by golfplayers. 4

It is we'll known 'that 'the gr'eat' majoritybf amateur golfers havetrouble' keeping their heads 'down 'with 'their eyes -on the ball' whenmaking a shot. They are s'o anxious to seewhere the ball isi'goin'g thatthey quickly look up towards the end of their"swing. j 'Generallythis isjust before the club' head liitslthe ba'llwhicl' results in a' poor shotfor it is'essential' for aj'goodj 'shot'that 'one see the club headstrike theb'll. Many "glfers s'ay'or 'think to themselves whenaddressing: the ball preparatory to making a shot, Keep your" headdown?? "A` better slogan would be See the-club headht the ball.

I have found by experience that if a' player's' vision `is restricted,when making a shot, to the small areaaround the ball this tendendy tolook up" -toosoon is greatly minimized; With this in mindI have providedan' eyeshade visor, which is adapted to extend forwardly from one`s headabove their eyes, with a pair of fiaps which extend downwardly from eachside of the visor in position to restrict the wearer's vision straightforwardly. In order that a player's vision will not be restricted whenwalking between shots I mount the fiaps upon the visor in such a mannerthat they can be quickly and easily moved back and forth between theirvision restricting position and a position above and substantallyparallel to the vsor.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an eyeshade withconstraining means by which a wearer's vision is restricted straightforwardly.

Another object of the invention is to provide an eyeshade with visionconstraining means which is so constructed that it can be quickly andeasily moved back and forth between operative and inoperative position.V

Another object of the invention is to provide a vision constrainingmeans of the aforesaid character which can be easily applied to thevisors of caps or eyeshades.

Other and more limited objects of the invention will be apparent fromthe following specfication and the accompanying drawings forming a partthereof wherein:

Fig. 1 is a view showing a golf player wearing an eyeshade constructedaccording to my invention, in the act of making a shot;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of an eyeshade constructed accordingly to myinvention;

Fig. 3 is a side elevaton thereof showing the eyeshade in position upona player's head with the visor constraining fiaps in operative position;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view showing one of thefiaps in operative position; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Referring now to the drawings by reference characters the numeral 1indicates a visor which is secured to a cap 2 by which the visor 1 isremovably held upon a player's head in position to extend forwardlytherefrom above the A pair of aligned tubular tracks 3 having slots 4extending from end to end along one side thereof are se- Paten'ted Se t.213, 1955 ice 2 c'ured by 'tongues Sto the upper surface of 'the visor'1, one t'each* side thereofwith the 'outer-ends 'of 'the tracksex't'idng out'slightlybeyond the sideed'ges`7- of the visor 1. The slots4 at the outer ends 6 of the tracks 3 'termin'ate *in rearwardly anddownwardly extendingexten'sions as shown `at-8 in'Figs. 4 and 5.

A ball! is slidably and -rotatab1y mountedin` each of the tracks l'.The'balls 9 carry clips 10 which xt'ehd out throu'gh "the slots 4 andhavefiaps ll securedby'rivets 12 to the' outer'ends thereof. The fiaps11 'may be made'` `of any' suitable light stili opaque 'material and theclips 10 are--*preferably secured thereto intermediate the ends therebf.

i When used -to constrain 'one's vision during the making of-a-'sh'ottheflaps 11 extend substantally verticaIly-'dowhwardly from the sides 7of the visor 1 withthri-ends thei-cof in'contact with a users' faceslightly rearwa'rdly of his eyes-as shown in Fig. 4. From 'the po'ii'tof 'contact' with a -player's 'face 'the fiaps 11- exterid forwardlysubstantally parallel with the side edges 7 of the visor' 1 with'ftheforward ends-15 of the fiaps 11 disposda substantialdistance-in frontofthe eyes.

'-"When it' is -not 'desired' to use the flaps 11 to restrain onesvision as when a player is= walking between sh'ot's the 'flaps =areadapted' to 'be disposed over thevisor 1 in apbsition substantallyparallel thereto as shown in Fig: -2.

-ln moving the fiaps 11 -from the 'inoperativeposition 'shown'in Fig. 2to the operative position shown inFigs. 3, 4'and` 5; they' are firstpulled-straight outwardly' from the full' line positions 'shown in Fig.2 to the dotted line positions 'A'shown in Fig. 2 in which position theballs 9 ^are"--atthe etids`6=of the tracks 3. The flaps' l l are thenturned from the dotted line positions A in Fig. 2 to the dotted linepositions B in Fig. 2, after which they are swung downwardly intoengagement with the sides of one`s face as shown in Fig. 3. In returningthe fiaps 11 back from operative position to inoperative position theyare first swung up to the dotted line position B, and then turned to thedotted line position A, after which they are pushed inwardly intoposition over the visor 1, all as shown in Fig. 2.

The device may be easily and quickly applied to the visor of any cap oreyeshade of usual Construction by cutting properly positioned slitstherein and then inserting the tongues 5 therethrough and bending themover as shown in Fig. 5.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a verysimple, eflicient, and inexpensive device for restricting one's visionas desired for the purpose described.

Although I have shown and described my improved eyeshade in connectionwith its use by golf players it will be understood that it can be usedequally well in connection with other pursuits where it is desired torestrict one's vision straight forwardly. For instance it could be usedby bowlers to restrict their vision to the alley on which they arebowling.

It is to be understood that I am not limited to the specificConstruction shown and described heren as various modifications may bemade therein within the scope of the appended claims. For instance thetracks 3 could be applied to the underside of the visor 1 in which casethe fiaps 11 when not in use would be disposed under the visor insteadof over the visor as shown. Also tracks could be mounted along the sideedges 7 of the visor and the fiaps arranged to slide back and forthalong the tracks and to be swung out of position either over or underthe vsor.

What is claimed is:

1. An eyeshade for golf players comprsing a visor, means by which saidvisor is adapted to be removably secured to a player's head in positionto extend forwardly therefrom above the eyes, a flap carried by saidvisor, said flap being adapted in one position to project substantiallyperpendicular to said visor and to extend forwardly along one side edgethereof and in another position to be disposed over said visorsubstantially parallel thereto, means securing said flap to said visorfor movement back and forth between said positions, said securing meanscomprising a transverse tubular track having a longitudinal slot thereinSecured to the upper surface of said visor, a ball slidably androtatably mounted in said tubular track, a clip carried by said ball andextending out through said siot with the outer end of said clip Securedto said flap.

2. An eyeshade for golf players comprising a visor, means by which saidvisor is adapted to be removably secnred to a player`s head in positionto eXtend forwardly therefrom above the eyes, a pair of flaps carried bysaid visor, said flaps being adapted in one position to projectsubstantially perpendicular to said visor and to extend forwardly alongeach side edge of said visor and in another position to be disposed oversaid visor substantially parallel thereto, means securing said flaps tosaid visor for movement back and forth between said positions, saidsecuring means comprising a pair of transverse tubular tracks Secured tothe upper surface of said visor, a longitudinal slot in each of saidtracks, a ball slidably and rotatably mounted in each of said tracks, aclip carried by each of said balls and extending out through theirassociated Slots With the outer end of each of said clips secured to oneof said flaps.

3. An eyeshade for golf players comprising a visor,

means by which said visor is adapted to be removably Secured to aplayefs head in position to extend forwardly therefrom above the eyes, aflap carried by said visor, said flap being adapted in one position toproject substantially perpendicular to said visor and to eXtendforwardly along one side edge thereof and in another position to bedisposed over said visor substantially parallel thereto, means securingsaid flap to said-visor for movement back and for-th between saidpositions, said securing means comprising a transversely extending trackpermanently Secured to the upper surface of said visor with one endthereof disposed adjacent one side edge of said visor, a slide carricdby said track for rotary and longitudinal movement with respect thereto,and interengaging means between said slide and said flap by which saidflap is pcrmanently secured to said slide for movement therewith.

4. An eyeshade for golf players comprising a visor, means by which saidvisor is adapted to be removably Secured to a player`s head in positionto extend forwardly therefrom above the eyes, a pair of flaps carried bysaid visor, said flaps being adapted in one position to projectsubstantially perpendicular to said visor and to extend forwardly alongeach side edge of said visor and in another position to be disposed oversaid visor substantially parallel thereto, means securing said flaps tosaid visor for movement back and forth between said positions, saidsecuring means comprising a pair of transversely extending trackspermanently Secured to the upper surface of said visor with one end ofeach of said tracks being disposed adjacent a side edge of said visor, apair of slides, one of said slides being carried by each 'of said tracksfor rotary and longitudinal movement with respect thereto, and means bywhich each of' said flaps is permanently se cured to one of said slidesfor movement therewith.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTSPrichard Oct. 27( 1931 &648.091

